Main-belt asteroid
119 Althaea is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on April 3, 1872,[ 3] Althaea , the mother of Meleager in Greek mythology . Two occultations by Althaea were observed in 2002, only a month apart.
Based upon its spectrum, this is classified as an S-type asteroid .[ 4] Photometric observations made in 1988 at the Félix Aguilar Observatory produced a light curve with a period of 11.484 ± 0.010 hours with a brightness variation of 0.365 ± 0.010 in magnitude .[ 3]
References
^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "119 Althaea" , JPL Small-Body Database Browser , NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory , retrieved 12 May 2016 . ^ a b c Hutton, R. G. (June 1990), "V+B Photoelectric Photometry of Asteroid 119 Althaea", The Minor Planet Bulletin , vol. 17, pp. 15– 17, Bibcode :1990MPBu...17...15H . ^ DeMeo, Francesca E.; et al. (July 2009), "An extension of the Bus asteroid taxonomy into the near-infrared" (PDF) , Icarus , vol. 202, no. 1, pp. 160– 180, Bibcode :2009Icar..202..160D , doi :10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.005 , archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2014, retrieved 8 April 2013 .
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